British Red Cross
Senior Grants and Compliance Manager (FCDO Partnership)
Location: UK Flexible with home working – monthly visit to London office for team meeting
Contract: Permanent
Salary: c£48,000
Do you want to help ensure the British Red Cross (BRC) continues to provide its services to those in need through providing leadership on our grant performance, contracting, grant management and compliance for our Performance and Accountability Department?
If so, then we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Grants and Compliance Manager that may just be for you.
How you’ll make a difference…
This is a new position which will provide the successful candidate with a unique opportunity to shape the BRC’s Grant management, accountability and compliance processes including with our international Red Cross and Red Crescent National Society partners.
What you will be doing…
This role will be central in providing leadership on grant contracting, grant management and compliance in the Performance and Accountability Department, with a particular focus on FCDO funding to the British Red Cross and International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC).
You will be responsible for BRC’s contracting with FCDO and the development of agreements with Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners. You will maintain oversight of the FCDO grant portfolio, which includes funding for emergency responses and for longer term programmes. As part of this oversight you will establish and monitor the operation of appropriate controls to ensure compliance with donor requirements, enabling the BRC and its partners to act as trusted stewards of FCDO funding.
You will work with the BRC compliance team and senior management on institutional level compliance matters as they apply to the FCDO grant portfolio. This role will also be the International Directorate lead on risk management, aid diversion and grant agreements between BRC and other parts of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. You will have line management responsibility for 2 team members.
What we are looking for…
- Evidenced ability in negotiating agreements with donors and partners for complex and large-scale programmes and funding pledges (UK Government preferred)
- Demonstrated decision making and risk management capabilities on significant institutional compliance issues
- Demonstrated ability to lead the on the delivery of a significant portfolio of complex grant agreements and funding alongside wider corporate and strategic initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to successfully manage significant compliance initiatives with rigorous timelines and deliverables, including in emergency contexts
- Strong knowledge of effective grant management processes within complex organisations and funding environments
- Developed understanding of effective and reasonable due diligence processes
Closing date for applications is 23:59 on the 31st January 2023 with interview slots booked for the 13th and 14th of February.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:
• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) per annum
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• Flexible working policy
A little bit more about us…
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes. From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country – we’re there when you need us.
Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination. Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.
At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK. We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
Diversity is something we celebrate, and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross. We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.
In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse. We have a code of conduct in place and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated, and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.
If you are appointed to a role within BRC you will be subject to the organisation’s Code of Conduct, a copy of which you can find on our website.
The British Red Cross, incorporated by Royal Charter 1908, is a charity registered in England and Wales (220949) and Scotland (SC037738).